† comˈprend, v. Obs.
[a. OF. comprend-re, or its original, L. comprend-ĕre, contr. f. comprehendĕre: see comprehend.]
= comprehend.
| c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. v. iv. 165 Resoun..comprendiþ þe þinges ymaginable and sensible. c 1400 Rom. Rose 6635, I wole not determine Of prynces power..Ne by my word comprende, iwys, If it so ferre may strecche in this. c 1420 Pallad. on Husb. iii. 394 Doutlesse every graffyng wol comprende, Untempered lyme yf with the graffes be Put in the plages. 1594 R. Carew Tasso (1881) 89 He..well comprends; Man findes no faith where God receiues a nay. |